As geopolitical competition intensifies across the Arctic, Canada and NATO’s Arctic security strategy must extend beyond defence capabilities. This article explores how meaningful partnerships with Inuit and Indigenous communities strengthen Arctic sovereignty through Indigenous leadership, environmental stewardship, and generations of lived experience and permanent presence.
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Testimony as Justice: Ukrainian Women Documenting the Unthinkable
Ukrainian women-led organizations are building the evidentiary record for Russian wartime sexual violence, but are Canada and its NATO allies directing enough resources to the mechanisms that make accountability possible? In this article, Kaya Dupuis examines how organizations like La Strada-Ukraine and JurFem are documenting conflict-related sexual violence under active fire and what Canada’s commitments under NATO’s Women, Peace and Security agenda actually look like on the ground.
Protecting Women and Girls in Conflict: Sexual and Reproductive Health as a Global Health Security Imperative
Armed conflict is often measured by territorial gains, military casualties, and geopolitical consequences. Yet one of its most enduring and overlooked consequences is the destruction of health systems and the disproportionate burden placed on the health of women and girls. As conflicts become increasingly protracted, attacks on healthcare facilities, the displacement of civilians, and widespread Read More…
Cognitive Liberty at the Edge: A Governance Framework for NATO Neural Interface Security in the Hybrid Threat Landscape
Neural interfaces are entering NATO’s own defence health systems, and existing cybersecurity frameworks weren’t built for them. This article lays out what NATO should do before the gap is exploited.
Tag‑Swapping at Toronto Pearson: Insider Threats, Cyber‑Physical Airport Systems, and NATO’s Resilience Agenda
This article will look at the baggage‑tag switching scandal at Toronto Pearson Airport—where insiders allegedly moved passengers’ tags onto drug‑filled suitcases—and use it to show how modern airports have become vulnerable to cyber‑physical systems, not just places with broken conveyor belts.
Stay or Leave? The Threat of Russian Influence in Albertan Separatism
What’s in it for Russia? As Russian involvement in the promotion of Alberta separatism comes into sharper focus, Zev Wood argues that it reflects a long-standing strategy employed by Russia aimed at covertly weakening its adversaries. He examines the ensuing implications for Canada’s sovereignty and economy as well as the knock-on effects on NATO.
Weaponized Migration: When Mobility Becomes a Weapon of War
Through the manipulation of human mobility, states are transforming human desperation into a weapon. As migrants and refugees are increasingly being employed as weapons of war, NATO must be prepared to respond to this hybrid challenge, which carries significant security and humanitarian implications.
The Coming Restructure of the Canadian Army: Assessing Challenges and Benefits
As Canada’s army prepares to confront an increasingly uncertain world, the institution is undergoing its largest restructure since the second world war. In this article, Robert Malloy examines what advantages the new formation will yield, and what challenges Ottawa must anticipate to bring about a successful transition
Addressing NATO’s Arctic Intelligence Gap: Indigenous-Led Environmental Monitoring
The warming Arctic is one of the greatest sources of vulnerability for Canadian security and defence, and yet the communities best positioned to generate the knowledge required to protect it are functionally absent from NATO’s plan, reflecting a profound intelligence gap. For generations, Inuit hunters, harvesters, and land stewards across the Canadian North have accumulated Read More…
Killing from a Distance: How remote warfare is reshaping accountability, civilian protection, and the future of conflict.
When warfare is designed to distance the soldier emotionally and physically from the battlefield, international humanitarian law pays the price. Giselle D’Anna examines how remote warfare and AI-enabled targeting are eroding civilian protection obligations, and what Canada owes to the future of war.










